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colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:CarterBays.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/CarterBays.jpg/220px-CarterBays.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/CarterBays.jpg/330px-CarterBays.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/CarterBays.jpg/440px-CarterBays.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Carter Loard Bays</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1975-08-12</span>) </span>August 12, 1975<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 49)</span><br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Shaker_Heights,_Ohio" title="Shaker Heights, Ohio">Shaker Heights, Ohio</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Alma mater</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Wesleyan_University" title="Wesleyan University">Wesleyan University</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role">Author, television showrunner, producer, musician</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">1998–present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Denise Cox Bays</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://carterbays.com">carterbays<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Carter Loard Bays</b> (born August 12, 1975)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is an American author, composer and television showrunner. </p><p>Bays co-created the <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a> <a href="/wiki/Sitcom" title="Sitcom">sitcom</a> <i><a href="/wiki/How_I_Met_Your_Mother" title="How I Met Your Mother">How I Met Your Mother</a></i> where he served as showrunner, writer and executive producer for all nine seasons. </p><p>Bays wrote the novel, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/696635/the-mutual-friend-by-carter-bays/">The Mutual Friend</a> (2022, <a href="/wiki/E._P._Dutton" title="E. P. Dutton">Dutton Books</a>). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carter_Bays&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bays was born in <a href="/wiki/Cleveland,_Ohio" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland, Ohio">Cleveland, Ohio</a>. His father, James C. Bays, is a retired corporate lawyer, and his mother, Martha Bays, is a minister in the <a href="/wiki/United_Church_of_Christ" title="United Church of Christ">United Church of Christ</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-clevelandmagazine_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clevelandmagazine-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While at <a href="/wiki/Shaker_Heights_High_School" title="Shaker Heights High School">Shaker Heights High School</a>, Bays' play Five Visits From Mr. Whitcomb was selected for the <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Sondheim" title="Stephen Sondheim">Stephen Sondheim</a> founded Young Playwrights Inc. 1993 Young Playwrights Festival produced at Playwrights Horizon's in New York City. </p><p>Bays studied English at <a href="/wiki/Wesleyan_University" title="Wesleyan University">Wesleyan University</a>, where he met bandmate <a href="/wiki/Craig_Thomas_(screenwriter)" title="Craig Thomas (screenwriter)">Craig Thomas</a> who would later become his writing partner and his co-creator for <i>How I Met Your Mother</i>. </p><p>Bays and Thomas co-founded the band <a href="/wiki/The_Solids" title="The Solids">The Solids</a>, who perform the theme song to <i>How I Met Your Mother</i>, "Hey Beautiful".<sup id="cite_ref-rollingstone_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rollingstone-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as <a href="/wiki/Nothing_Suits_Me_Like_a_Suit" title="Nothing Suits Me Like a Suit">"Nothing Suits Me Like a Suit"</a>. </p><p>In the summer of 1996, Bays and Thomas worked as interns in the Development department of <a href="/wiki/MTV" title="MTV">MTV</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-wesleyanargus_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wesleyanargus-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carter_Bays&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After graduating from Wesleyan in 1997, Bays and Craig Thomas went on to write for the <i><a href="/wiki/Late_Show_with_David_Letterman" title="Late Show with David Letterman">Late Show with David Letterman</a></i>. </p><p>He and Thomas then created <i>How I Met Your Mother</i>, which ran from 2005–2014. </p><p>Bays also wrote for <i><a href="/wiki/American_Dad!" title="American Dad!">American Dad!</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Quintuplets" title="Quintuplets">Quintuplets</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Beene" title="Oliver Beene">Oliver Beene</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and co-created Fox's <i><a href="/wiki/The_Goodwin_Games" title="The Goodwin Games">The Goodwin Games</a></i>. </p><p>In 2022, Bays served as executive producer on Hulu's <i><a href="/wiki/How_I_Met_Your_Father" title="How I Met Your Father">How I Met Your Father</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> starring <a href="/wiki/Hilary_Duff" title="Hilary Duff">Hilary Duff</a>. The show is created by Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger. </p><p>Carter's debut novel, <i>The Mutual Friend</i>, was published June 7, 2022, through Dutton Books,.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carter_Bays&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bays lives in New York City with his wife, Denise Cox Bays, and their three children. One of his daughters appeared at the end of "<a href="/wiki/Trilogy_Time" title="Trilogy Time">Trilogy Time</a>", the other one at the end of "<a href="/wiki/Unpause" title="Unpause">Unpause</a>". </p><p>Bays teaches a Master Class in TV Writing at Columbia University, and is an Associate Fellow at Davenport College at Yale University. He also serves on the board of the Armed Services Arts Partnership,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which helps veterans return to civilian life through comedy and the arts. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Works">Works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carter_Bays&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="How_I_Met_Your_Mother"><i><a href="/wiki/How_I_Met_Your_Mother" title="How I Met Your Mother">How I Met Your Mother</a></i></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carter_Bays&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: How I Met Your Mother"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Pilot_(How_I_Met_Your_Mother)" title="Pilot (How I Met Your Mother)">Pilot</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Purple_Giraffe" class="mw-redirect" title="Purple Giraffe">Purple Giraffe</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Pineapple_Incident" title="The Pineapple Incident">The Pineapple Incident</a>"</li> <li>"Life Among the Gorillas"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Nothing_Good_Happens_After_2_A.M." title="Nothing Good Happens After 2 A.M.">Nothing Good Happens After 2 A.M.</a>"</li> <li>"Milk"</li> <li>"Come On"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Where_Were_We%3F_(How_I_Met_Your_Mother)" title="Where Were We? 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